Some miles to the east of the [[Firien Wood]], there was a wide, shallow recess in the foothills of the [[White Mountains]]. Overlooking this region were two of the [[Beacon-hills]] of [[Gondor]], [[Min-Rimmon]] to the east and '''Calenhad''' to the west. Calenhad was the sixth of the seven beacons, within sight of the last of the beacons on the [[Halifirien]], above the borders of [[Rohan]].

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'''Calenhad''' was the penultimate [[Warning beacons of Gondor|beacon-hill]] of [[Gondor]], being the sixth from east to west and located to south-east of [[Firien Wood]].

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Calenhad is described as being a small, green, treeless hill which was slightly bigger and taller than [[Erelas]].<ref name="VT">{{VT|42a}}, pp. 19-20</ref> Calenhad was seldom lit and its lighting during the [[War of the Ring]] indicated great urgency.

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On the night of [[7 March]] {{TA|3019}} [[Gandalf]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]], riding east on [[Shadowfax]], saw the beacons being lit to call for aid from [[Rohan]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}</ref>

== Etymology ==

== Etymology ==

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It is suggested in the ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' that Calenhad probably means "green space" from ''[[calen]]'' "green" and ''sad'' (lenited to ''had'') "place, spot".<ref name="UT">{{UT|Index}}</ref> In "[[The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor]]" [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] suggested that the second element may be ''sâdh'' "sward, turf".<ref name="VT"/>

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[[Tolkien]] never gives us the meaning of the name Calenhad directly, but it seems to come from Elvish root-words meaning something like 'green mound'. The name may be connected with Calenardhon, the ancient Gondorian name for the land later known as Rohan, whose borders lay just a few miles from the feet of the hill.

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==See also==

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* ''[[Calenhad: A Beacon of Gondor]]'', a [[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]] book

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Calenhad is described as being a small, green, treeless hill which was slightly bigger and taller than Erelas.[1] Calenhad was seldom lit and its lighting during the War of the Ring indicated great urgency.